What is the median rent in Basehor, KS?

Name: Median rent in Basehor, KS, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Basehor, KS is $1,257 (±$135) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 545 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Basehor, the median gross rent went from $1,043 in 2015–2019 to $1,257 in 2020–2024 (+20.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,257 (±$135)
Rented homes: 545 (±207)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +20.5%

How much rent costs in Basehor

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Basehor	Leavenworth County	Kansas	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±5.4 points)	4.1%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	21.8% (±18.8 points)	31.0%	37.8%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	72.3% (±18.2 points)	31.4%	35.8%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	5.9% (±6.2 points)	14.7%	12.6%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±5.4 points)	15.5%	4.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±5.4 points)	2.4%	0.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±5.4 points)	0.9%	1.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 72.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Basehor cost $2,000 or more a month.

Basehor against Leavenworth County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Basehor	Leavenworth County	Kansas	United States
Median gross rent	$1,257 (±$135)	$1,219 (±$61)	$1,060 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	545 (±207)	8,697 (±621)	364,970 (±3,667)	42,849,984

In Basehor, median gross rent is not measurably different from Leavenworth County ($1,219).

It is also higher than in Kansas ($1,060).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Leavenworth County, Basehor ranks 4 of 13 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 62 of 823.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Basehor has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,043 (±$96)	$1,257 (±$135)	+20.5%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	24.8% (±5.5 points)	20.1% (±6.9 points)	−4.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±4.8 points)	0.0% (±5.2 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Basehor

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Basehor
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Basehor	—	$1,257 (±$135)	—
Fairmount Township (Leavenworth County)	0.8 mi	$1,237 (±$135)	Not measurably different
Stranger Township	5.0 mi	$1,576 (±$424)	Not measurably different
Bonner Springs	5.2 mi	$1,165 (±$83)	Not measurably different
Edwardsville	7.1 mi	$1,053 (±$101)	Lower
Lansing	7.6 mi	$1,406 (±$462)	Not measurably different
Tonganoxie	8.3 mi	$1,224 (±$141)	Not measurably different
Sherman Township (Leavenworth County)	8.9 mi	$945 (±$22)	Lower
High Prairie Township	9.6 mi	$907 (±$341)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Edwardsville, KS ($1,053), Sherman Township (Leavenworth County), KS ($945).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Leavenworth County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Stranger Township	$1,576 (±$424)
2	Reno Township (Leavenworth County)	$1,566 (±$678)
3	Lansing	$1,406 (±$462)
4	Basehor	$1,257 (±$135)
5	Fairmount Township (Leavenworth County)	$1,237 (±$135)
6	Leavenworth	$1,229 (±$92)
7	Tonganoxie	$1,224 (±$141)
8	Tonganoxie Township	$1,092 (±$149)
9	Linwood	$1,042 (±$378)
10	Sherman Township (Leavenworth County)	$945 (±$22)

Showing 10 of 13 places in Leavenworth County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Basehor

What is the average rent in Basehor, KS?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Basehor is $1,257 (±$135) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Basehor?

In Basehor, the median gross rent went from $1,043 in 2015–2019 to $1,257 in 2020–2024 (+20.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Basehor cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Basehor have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Basehor higher than in Leavenworth County?

In Basehor, median gross rent is not measurably different from Leavenworth County ($1,219).

It is also higher than in Kansas ($1,060).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Basehor city, Kansas (place:04400, in state:20).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.